Wiscasset still gearing up for marijuana ordinance talks
SUSAN JOHNS
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Wiscasset Monday night moved closer to a possible sidewalk policy, and to learning about, and drafting, marijuana rules. The ordinance review committee voted to send the sidewalk policy onto selectmen. The committee proposed merchants would go to the town clerk for a permit to use sidewalk space; all others would ask selectmen for a permit.
In another decision Monday, the panel proposed giving applicants two options for showing the town the proposed sidewalk use: Either a sketch or a marked up photo.
Also in the Zoom meeting, Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Mary Ellen Barnes said Maine Municipal Association told her it is too busy to do a Zoom session with one town, but would answer questions. Barnes was still trying to land a Zoom meeting with Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy (OMP). Barnes and members reiterated they want to learn as much as possible, including wh